diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/integrations/env/happy-dom.ts b/packages/vitest/src/integrations/env/happy-dom.ts
index 917fccb47d5b..f425bea46ff4 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/integrations/env/happy-dom.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/integrations/env/happy-dom.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ export default <Environment>({
     })
 
     return {
-      getGlobal() {
-        return win.globalThis
-      },
       getVmContext() {
         return win
       },
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/integrations/env/node.ts b/packages/vitest/src/integrations/env/node.ts
index bc6807e329d7..c2b68cf254c3 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/integrations/env/node.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/integrations/env/node.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,108 @@
 import { Console } from 'node:console'
-import { importModule } from 'local-pkg'
 import type { Environment } from '../../types'
 
+// some globals we do not want, either because deprecated or we set it ourselves
+const denyList = new Set([
+  'GLOBAL',
+  'root',
+  'global',
+  'Buffer',
+  'ArrayBuffer',
+  'Uint8Array',
+])
+
+const nodeGlobals = new Map(
+  Object.getOwnPropertyNames(globalThis)
+    .filter(global => !denyList.has(global))
+    .map((nodeGlobalsKey) => {
+      const descriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(
+        globalThis,
+        nodeGlobalsKey,
+      )
+
+      if (!descriptor) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `No property descriptor for ${nodeGlobalsKey}, this is a bug in Jest.`,
+        )
+      }
+
+      return [nodeGlobalsKey, descriptor]
+    }),
+)
+
 export default <Environment>({
   name: 'node',
+  // this is largely copied from jest's node environment
   async setupVM() {
-    const vm = await importModule('node:vm')
-    const global = {} // TODO: copy more globals
+    const vm = await import('node:vm')
     const context = vm.createContext()
+    const global = vm.runInContext(
+      'this',
+      context,
+    )
+
+    const contextGlobals = new Set(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(global))
+    for (const [nodeGlobalsKey, descriptor] of nodeGlobals) {
+      if (!contextGlobals.has(nodeGlobalsKey)) {
+        if (descriptor.configurable) {
+          Object.defineProperty(global, nodeGlobalsKey, {
+            configurable: true,
+            enumerable: descriptor.enumerable,
+            get() {
+              // @ts-expect-error: no index signature
+              const val = globalThis[nodeGlobalsKey] as unknown
+
+              // override lazy getter
+              Object.defineProperty(global, nodeGlobalsKey, {
+                configurable: true,
+                enumerable: descriptor.enumerable,
+                value: val,
+                writable:
+                  descriptor.writable === true
+                  // Node 19 makes performance non-readable. This is probably not the correct solution.
+                  || nodeGlobalsKey === 'performance',
+              })
+              return val
+            },
+            set(val: unknown) {
+              // override lazy getter
+              Object.defineProperty(global, nodeGlobalsKey, {
+                configurable: true,
+                enumerable: descriptor.enumerable,
+                value: val,
+                writable: true,
+              })
+            },
+          })
+        }
+        else if ('value' in descriptor) {
+          Object.defineProperty(global, nodeGlobalsKey, {
+            configurable: false,
+            enumerable: descriptor.enumerable,
+            value: descriptor.value,
+            writable: descriptor.writable,
+          })
+        }
+        else {
+          Object.defineProperty(global, nodeGlobalsKey, {
+            configurable: false,
+            enumerable: descriptor.enumerable,
+            get: descriptor.get,
+            set: descriptor.set,
+          })
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    global.global = global
+    global.Buffer = Buffer
+    global.ArrayBuffer = ArrayBuffer
+    // TextEncoder (global or via 'util') references a Uint8Array constructor
+    // different than the global one used by users in tests. This makes sure the
+    // same constructor is referenced by both.
+    global.Uint8Array = Uint8Array
+
     return {
-      getGlobal() {
-        return global
-      },
       getVmContext() {
         return context
       },
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/vm.ts b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/vm.ts
index f4353900a8a0..54861efbb09a 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/vm.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/vm.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { URL, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url'
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url'
+import { performance } from 'node:perf_hooks'
 import { ModuleCacheMap } from 'vite-node/client'
 import { workerId as poolId } from 'tinypool'
 import { createBirpc } from 'birpc'
@@ -64,17 +65,9 @@ export async function run(ctx: WorkerContext) {
   const context = vm.getVmContext()
 
   context.__vitest_worker__ = state
-  // TODO: all globals for test/core to work
-  // TODO: copy more globals
+  // this is unfortunately needed for our own dependencies
+  // we need to find a way to not rely on this by default
   context.process = process
-  context.URL ??= URL
-  context.performance ??= performance
-  context.setImmediate = setImmediate
-  context.clearImmediate = clearImmediate
-  context.setTimeout = setTimeout
-  context.clearTimeout = clearTimeout
-  context.setInterval = setInterval
-  context.clearInterval = clearInterval
   context.global = context
   context.console = createCustomConsole(state)
 
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/types/general.ts b/packages/vitest/src/types/general.ts
index 4ab98281798e..471f008729c2 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/types/general.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/types/general.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export interface ModuleCache {
 }
 
 export interface EnvironmentReturn {
-  teardown: (global: any) => Awaitable<void>
+  teardown(global: any): Awaitable<void>
 }
 
 export interface VmEnvironmentReturn {